Eurovision 2022: First Rehearsal of France!

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Today is the sixth day of rehearsals in Turin and the first rehearsals of the BIG 5 countries are going to be held today!

Next up on stage for their first rehearsal is France and Alvan & Ahez with the song “Fulenn“.

Who are Alvan & Ahez?

Alvan is a multi-instrumentalist electro artist from the French region of Brittany, the same place vocal group Ahez hail from. As an artist, Alvan loves to mix different genres within his own music, and despite his sound mostly being rooted in electronica, he also uses a lot of traditional chants and organic elements in his hybrid compositions.

Ahez (Marine, Sterenn and Stereen) are a traditional vocal group who aim to showcase their regional heritage through music, by writing and singing in their native language, Breton. In their songs, they tell contemporary stories that reference the ancient myths of Brittany.

Alvan & Ahez have made it known they want to show that tradition is not something stuck in the past, but rather, it is constantly evolving.

The Rehearsal

France keeps up with the green arena theme by having a podium with some greenery on it. The mix of dance and folk and traditional instruments in this song works quite nicely, and there is cohesion between the matching black and gold costumes and the vocal harmonies and looks like Alvan and Ahez have always been a group of four.

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It’s also the most bass we’ve had on any track this year, and it’s pulsing through the arena in Turin, everyone will this song through the floor and this will also be conveyed to the TV audience.

In the second run-through, Alvan finished the song with a wink to the camera. Regarding pyro works on stage, France has two fire pits on each side of the stage and flame jets that shoot up whenever the bass drops and combined to the flashing lighting and the floor graphics, it creates a visually intense spectacle.

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Below you can watch a small clip from the French first rehearsal on TikTok:

@eurovision A fiery first rehearsal from France’s @ALVAN 🔥#EurovisionTikTok #Eurovision2022 #Eurovision ♬ original sound – Eurovision

The second French rehearsal will be held on the 7th of May, when we will know how things will appear on screen for the French entry.

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Eurovision 2022: San Marino’s Second Rehearsal!

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Heading towards the end of this group’s rehearsals, Achille Lauro from San Marino is taking up on stage next for the second rehearsal of his song “Stripper“

Everything about Achille Lauro:

Achille Lauro is an eclectic singer, songwriter and rapper from Verona, Italy. It’s not just music that Achille spends his time on, however. He’s acted, directed and is even an award-winning film producer, alongside hosting TV shows, putting on art exhibitions, authoring 3 books, and acting as the creative director for a record label.

He arrives at Eurovision having won the Una Voce per San Marino song contest, having previously competed in 3 editions of the prestigious Festival di Sanremo in his native Italy, in 2019, 2020 and 2022.

The Second Rehearsal

That was an intense perfomance! The perfomance starts with some nails scrathing on the screen and then you see Achille in a black glittery costume with a black hat and a fur, which he takes off and throw later. There are also two cages on the stage with parts of a group playing instruments and the LED floor is full of eyes and mouts on red colour. Then the singer rides a rodeo horse and a guitarist is on the floor doing the guitar solo. His vocals are on point and the whole perfomance is very intense and sensual. Definetely a one to watch out!

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Eurovision 2022: Malta’s Second Rehearsal!

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Next up on stage we will be seeing Emma Muscat on her second rehearsal as the representative of Malta in this year’s competition with “I Am What I Am“

Everything about Emma Muscat:

Despite her young age, the 22-year-old Maltese pop singer, pianist and model has already carved out an impressive career for herself as a recording artist; capitalising on the success of her 2018 participation in the grand final of the popular Italian talent show, Amici di Maria De Filippi.

Muscat managed to win the Maltese National Final with another song,“Out Of Sight”, which received a somewhat lukewarm response from fans, and therefore Malta looked for a new song for Emma.

The Second Rehearsal

Emma starts singing her song while playing a piano in the center of the stage. Then she gets up on the piano and sings the chorus while looking great in her silver dress and her glam make-up. After the second chorus she goes towards the second stage and meet four dancers and they all do a simple dance routine. The stage is in gold yellow colours and her vocals were good.

 

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Eurovision 2022: Georgia’s Second Rehearsal!

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The next act rehearsing today are Circus Mircus, representing Georgia, with their progressive alternative song “Lock Me In”

Everything about Circus Mircus:

The band was formed in Tbilisi at the end of 2020 by 3 circus academy dropouts and up to date they have released 11 songs. Their music is mostly experimental, mixing a lot of genres and sounds together through which they are willing to represent each member’s life experiences and inner world.

The Second Rehearsal

The perfomance starts with intense red lights and the group has for sure one of the mont intense stylling. There are a lot of things going on on stage like a music box in one of the group person’s hands, a mouth on the LED floor seems like is singing the song among with the group and many colours everywhere. Despite the good vocals, Georgia will find difficulties on its way for the finals.

 

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Eurovision 2022: Azerbaijan’s Second Rehearsal!

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The next artist that sets foot on the Eurovision 2022 stage for his second rehearsal is Nadir Rustamli, representing Azerbaijan with the emotional ballad “Fade To Black“.

Everything about Nadir Rustamli:

Nadir is 22 years old, born on July 8, 1999 in the Salyan area. Graduated from Azerbaijan University of Tourism Management. Although he has been working professionally with music for 4 years, he has been working in this field for 7 years. Apart from singing, he composes, plays the piano and guitar, but is also involved in sports.

She has participated in many domestic competitions, such as the National Student Spring 2019 song contest (first place) and the YouthVision 2019 international song contest (second place). In addition, he is the winner of this year’s “Voice of Azerbaijan”.

The Second Rehearsal

Nadir starts singing his song in a a prop that looks like a big staircase. Then you see that there’s also another person in that staircase that is doing the exact same movements with the singer, very Azerbaijan 2013. Towards the end of the song the staircase is divided in two and the dancer is dancing very intense. Nadir in awesome vocally and the whole vibe of perfomance is very dramatic. The camera angles are very tight and on point.

His second and third run were also very good with no changes.

A perfomance that juries will probably support!

 

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Eurovision 2022: Serbia’s Second Rehearsal!

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After Michael Ben David from Israel, Konstrakta from Serbia is ready for her second rehearsal on the stage of the 66th Eurovision Song Contest, where she will perform the song “In Corpore Sano“.

Everything About Konstrakta :

Ana Đurić, aka Konstrakta, is 28 years old and was born in Belgrade. After participating in music groups Mistakemistake and Zemlja gruva! from 1997 until 2019, Konstrakta started her solo career.

On 8 February 2022, “In corpore sano” was announced as one of the 36 entries for the national selection festival broadcast on Radio Television of Serbia to choose Serbia’s representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. Entering the competition as an underdog, Konstrakta quickly acquired popularity following her performance in the first semi-final on 3 March, where she placed second and thus qualified for the final. In the final, which was held on 5 March, “In corpore sano” won both the jury vote and the public vote, receiving 31.34% of the public votes and therefore winning the competition.

The Second Rehearsal

Konstrakta is on stage 20 minutes later than expected. At first she seems to have a small probleam with her “in-ear monitor”. The singer is doing her washing hand routine with five other persons around her, giving her towels. At some points of the song there are lyrics in the screen so viewers can understand the meaning of the song. The staging is pretty dark, with dark blue lights and you see some hands in the LED behind. Even though she was very good vocally she complains that she cannot hear the music.

In her second run everything seems to be fixed and she delivers her song perfectly. Konstrakta and her team are trying to find the perfect volume for the music in her in-ear because she mentioned that at this time it was a bit loud.

A perfomance that can really be loved by televoting because of the catchiness and uniqueness.

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Eurovision 2022: Israel’s Second Rehearsal!

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Right before the break we have Israel rehearsing! This is how the first rehearsal was described: ‘Great vocal? Tick. Super-polished dance routine? Tick. Hot dancers in white outfits? Tick. Fully fabulous pop banger? Tick tick tick. Eurovision level complete.’

About The Second Rehearsal

Michael is one of the most charismatic artists this year! This is a… PERFORMANCE. So much energy and so much effort were put into it. I think it was missing some fireworks and some colours other than white (the primary one) and red. Vocally perfect. Everything was on point. The camerawork is nice. A very energetic performance to look forward to! They managed to create a fun performance!

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Eurovision 2022: Finland’s Second Rehearsal!

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The fourth act to rehearse is the opener of the Second Semi-Final –  Finland – with their worldwide famous rock group – The Rasmus with their song ”Jezebel”. Finland’s set is covered with with huge, floating black balloons, and the band have brought bright yellow wet weather clothing to the Turin stage. Maybe they’re planning a dip in the waterfall? As you’d expect from The Rasmus, this is a really confident performance that packs a powerful visual punch with the yellow lighting. They’re like a swarm of rock bees, and we’re very much awake. Of COURSE Finland have fireworks and smoke jets in the final chorus – it’s pure rock ‘n’ roll. This is what we found out about the first rehearsal of theirs.

About The Second Rehearsal

What an opener! Fantastic camerawork, the props add more power to the song and it looks pretty much epic. It’s vocally bad and we hope the soloist improves until the Jury Show which will take place one day before the Second Semi-Final! Nothing else to add, the atmosphere they have created is fabulous, locals will enjoy it!

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Eurovision 2022: Armenia’s Second Rehearsal!

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Armenia is the third country to rehearse with precious Rosa Linn! There’s a full constructed set for this performance, our first of the day. It’s a white bedroom with walls and furniture that look like they’re made from sticky notes – we’ve just had a chat with the Armenian delegation (sat in the Green Room pod next to us) and they’ve confirmed it’s a reinforced paper structure. The set also rotates (through manpower, rather than an actual rotating stage), which provides a very cool ending. This is what we found out during the first rehearsals.

About The Second Rehearsal

What a gorgeous and touching rehearsal! The performance starts with Rosa Linn sitting on her bed and playing the guitar. She then puts it away and stands up. She’s tearing down some post-it notes and we can see such writings as ”June 22nd”, ”The Last One”, ‘Snap’, heart drawing. In the bridge she tears down the circle you all might have noticed when first rehearsal pictures dropped! A fabulous ending. The camera angles are perfect and the shot with water and lightning is incredible! I’m touched by this rehearsal!

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Eurovision 2022: Norway’s Second Rehearsal!

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The second country to rehearse for the second time is Norway with their wolves! This staging is very similar to the performances we’ve seen from Subwoolfer at MGP and the Eurovision parties – Keith and Jim are supported by three backing dancers in yellow suits and DJ astronaut is overseeing proceedings from their elevated pulpit. We know some people think Subwoolfer are a novelty act, but we beg to differ – it’s a really polished routine and both Keith and Jim deliver great vocal performances. The dance routine is PRECISION.

About the Second Rehearsal

The performance is very slick and polished. They managed to use the MGP text that’s visible for TV viewers only. The Astronaut is in front of the kinetic sun and Subwoolfer are joined by three backup dancers. Vocally an amazing performance. This is so going to be loved by audience, still not sure how juries will react to this. The camera angles are perfect! The third performance of this semi-final that could do very well (after Ukraine and Greece). Very memorable!

Below you can watch an exclusive preview clip of Norway’s rehearsal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXkcnACPLUA

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